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Are the scenarios likely? No. But somewhere in our 100,000 simulations, these chaotic College Football Playoff brackets are possible.
The second CFP rankings have been released. Here's a look at the full top 25 rankings, where SEC teams landed, for Tuesday, Nov. 11:
Unsurprisingly, many different coaches garner mentions in the skit. Lane Kiffin is shown off as the apple of everyone’s eye. Eli Drinkwitz is offered as a plausible second choice. Joe Brady, James Franklin, Jon Sumrall are brought up as viable alternatives. Steve Spurrier, Will Muschamp, and Ed Orgeron are included to induce some laughs.
In fact, there’s a not-unreasonable scenario in which the SEC has seven teams with two losses or fewer. Oklahoma, Vanderbilt and Texas can all win out without causing Georgia, Alabama, Texas A&M or Ole Miss to reach three losses if each wins its other games. Have fun with all that, everyone who hates the activation of the SEC media apparatus.
Both teams enter with one SEC loss, leaving the winner positioned for a potential path to the conference championship, if Alabama or Texas A&M falter in the final games. But the stakes are even higher for Texas; a third loss would effectively end its CFP pursuit. Especially given the loss in "The Swamp" to Florida.
ESPN analyst Paul Finebaum identifies SEC team that's a cut above the rest ahead of the first set of College Football Playoff rankings
This week, the CFP committee placed Ole Miss at No. 7 and Texas at No. 10 for a total of five SEC teams in the current bracket. Oklahoma and BYU are the first teams out despite top-12 rankings, replaced by Miami and South Florida, representing the ACC and the American Conference.
Two years after landing at Livingstone College, Kenyon Garner now has plenty of Power Four teams knocking on his door.
Texas football coach Steve Sarkisian says late-season SEC scheduling is unfair to some teams. He explains how late nonconference games help some, not others.